Nuhu, Togutil Tribe’s guardian spirit, is worried about the worsening condition of his tribe. His anxiety affects his body, making it thinner and thinner as the number of the tribesmen dwindles. He then meets Narwastu, a Bidadari bird shaped guardian spirit from Moro Tribe. As the guardian spirit of an extinct magical tribe respected by the locals, Narwastu shows Nuhu the root of all problems.

Udaya Pusthikaswasti is a Bachelor of Design graduated from Multimedia Nusantara University. Halmahera: Pongana mo Nyawa is his final project presented as an animation trailer. It tells about Togutil Tribe in Halmahera which is about to go extinct due to forest damage. The escalating forest damage caused by nickel mine threatens not only the existence of Halmahera’s indigenous tribe but also its endemic flora and fauna like Bidadari bird (Semioptera wallacii). This film aims to show the irony where a primitive tribe is trusted as the forest keeper, while the educated capitalists come to ravage the forest.